Sirena’s POVRaven came to my place after lunch, she’s here to check on me as I didn’t have lunch yet. She must be worried, I know that.“Hey, I was expecting you and couldn’t mind-link with you,” she said.“I wanted some time to myself,” I answered.“Why? What’s wrong?” she asked.“Raven, can you please leave me alone,” I frowned.“Definitely something has happened,” she said and pulled a seat next to me,”I sighed, feeling overwhelmed that I needed to explain everything to her.“So tell me what happened between you and Xander,”I looked at her, I couldn't say it as soon as she asked and I found it so uncomfortable to share what Xander said to me. I think it should stay between us.“Come on, don’t be stubborn. I can help you. I’m actually good at giving advice,” she said.I am hesitant but I don’t have a choice. I have to say it to someone so that I can come out of these thoughts.Maybe Raven will give me the solution I need.“What do you think about Xander?” I questioned.“What? Be s
Alder’s POV“Where are you going?” Frank asked.“I’m going to see Sirena. I heard that she’d returned home,” I said, happily. I know this distance must have brought the change that he wanted to see in her.“Alder, it’s not a good idea. Last time, they told us not to come there anymore and it’s better if we stay away from their pack and not create any unwanted problems,”“I don’t care, Frank. I want to see Sirena and nothing can stop me,”“I know, but you’re not seeing the consequences,” he said.“Frank, you don’t understand what I’m going through right now,” I frowned, “She’s away from me for a very long time, I’m afraid she will forget about me altogether. Her father will go to any extreme to get rid of me from her life,”“But you can’t go to an unwelcome place. You’re an Alpha, have you forgot that,”“Yes, but more than that I want to see, Sirena,”Frank huffed, “Maybe I can find another way,”“What is it?” I questioned. Frank might have some connection and he always gives rational a
Sirena's POV"Why me?" I asked, "Why didn't our father choose you?""It's because I have a mate,” Raven pushed her hair off from her face.“You have? But you never said anything about it,” I questioned.“That’s because I thought you were not interested to hear it,”“What? No, how can you think like that?”Raven smiled, “It’s fine, now you know that I have a mate, and now you know why Father insists you marry, Xander,”I nod.“I understand but tell me who’s your mate?” I asked.For the first time, I saw Raven blushing and I would say she’s so cute.“My mate lives far away, he’s the Alpha of the Moonstone pack,” she said.“Okay, have you talked to him?”“Yes, I have. We meet whenever we get time,”“What?” I smiled. It’s surprising how she says that. Once someone finds their mate, they can’t be separated from them, the attraction is unavoidable. That’s what I felt but the people around me don’t feel the same way. Alder, Xander, Grace, and even Raven. I think, I don’t know how to control m
When Alder heard of the marriage news, he’d completely lost his hope. He has come to the realization that he can’t have her again and it hurts him in the most grotesque way. Ever since he heard that news, he didn’t leave his seat in his office and kept looking blankly outside the window. He’s sorrowful but he couldn’t do anything about it. His days with her were gone, and her feelings for him had been fading out.He’s sitting here in his pack and worrying about the fate of his newfound love. The irony is, that her love ended when his love is about to start. She gave up on them and that’s when he started to believe the bond they shared and saw her worth.Why he had to end up in this mess where he couldn’t get over his feelings?The fact that she loved him more than anyone just a few months ago feels like a miracle. Now he’s waiting for each moment for that miracle to happen again. Will it happen? Is he lucky enough for such a miracle?Sirena’s POVMarriage, Marriage, and marriage. I hav
Sirena’s POVI looked at the wolf, he’s so majestic. I can’t help but go closer to him to touch his wolf for the first time. His name is Ares. Lulu is admiring the masterpiece in admiration. The dark brown fur and the red eyes were dazzling in the moonlight. I felt the warmth of Ares on my skin.Lulu wanted me to shift but I didn’t do it. This wasn’t the time for them to have a romantic moment so I stood away from him.He shifted back to his human form. I stared at his half-naked frame momentarily and smiled to see him.“I didn’t expect you would climb up like this,” I muttered.“Didn’t you expect it?” he asks.“No,” I nodded and went to look down to see if someone had been noticing all this.“I’m sorry if I’ve startled you. I don’t want to ask your father’s permission, this way is much better, you know,” he reasoned.I smiled. More than me, Lulu is so eager to talk to him. I looked at him with a smile, I don’t know why I feel happy to see him.“How was your trip?”“It was great and I
Alder’s POVIn just two days, Sirena is going to get married to Xander. How can she? How can this happen? What can I do after this? How can I stop this or how can I move on from this?I couldn’t believe that was actually true so I myself crossed the borders to check if the news is true. There I saw the pack has already started celebrating their upcoming wedding. The place looked vibrant and I confirmed it when I saw a congratulatory hologram for their wedding in the middle of their pack’s assembly.Going to see Sirena is such a risky thing, even though I want to see her and talk to her badly. I had so many questions running all over my mind which stopped me from getting close to her.Questions like whether she’s accepting it wholeheartedly or is she being compelled in this.I know it’s not easy to forget the love and memories but she’d decided to move on sooner than I expected. She’s not the person to marry someone else to get revenger on me. She must’ve thought marrying Xander is a mu
Alder's POV“I rejected my mate for you and your pack,” she confessed.“What? What did you say?” I ask in complete surprise.“You heard it. I rejected my mate to be with you,” she said, “Do you think Sirena would’ve done that. It’s been only a few months since your divorce and she’s marrying someone else. This is how much she loves you,” she reasoned.But that didn’t bother me, the fact that she rejected her mate and lied to me that he had died is such a shock to me. Why she has to do that? Has she lost her mind?“Grace, why did you do that and every time I asked you to find your mate, why did you lie to me?”“Because I’m in love with you madly, and I couldn’t forget you, Alder,”“This is stupid, Grace. Even knowing that I was married to Sirena, how can you do that? This is hope had wrecked your wonderful life with your mate,”“You weren’t happy with her, have you forgot that?”“That’s none of your concern. You shouldn’t have rejected your mate. Now it’s not too late, go and find your
Sirena’s POVI couldn’t believe that there’s only a night left for my wedding. I didn’t feel much excited as I felt during my first marriage. Even though that pack and it’s members have never fully welcomed me.Alder wasn’t happy which he deliberately showed it on his face during the ceremony. But I was too naïve and thought I’m going to be happy after marriage, my assumptions and my dream were all shattered on the night itself.He said that he wasn’t interested in me at all. I got nothing else to say to him. I begged him not to break off this marriage, like a fool and he agreed that he won’t do that but he also said that he’s not going to fulfil any of husband’s duties inside that four walls. I can’t help but agree to what he says.I didn’t utter anything about it to anyone and tried my best to get a place in his heart. Initially I was so confident that I would achieve in what I want but only I realized that I can never achieve what I wished. Especially with Alder.He wasn’t that easy
When Xander entered the house the next morning, he went to the bedroom. He was startled to see the absence of Melody.When he heard the water running in the bathroom, he sighed in relief and waited for her to come out.So many thoughts ran wild in his head in a few minutes.Why is she awake at this time? Did she leave the house when I was away? If she has gone out, for what? To meet Alder?Sirena often wondered what was going on behind her back. Has she started to dig into the past? His heart raced in angst each moment to think about when his lies would all fall apart. Xander is afraid of all little things.Sometimes he thinks it’s better if she finds out everything. But, at the other times, he’s so afraid to hurt her.Truth always comes with trouble and living a lie is much easier, he had been doing that for many years. She came out and looked surprised to see her husband.“You came back?” she smiled.“Yes, did you sleep well?”“You woke up early today, what happened?” he questions.
Xander’s POVOn the day, Sirena decided to leave the pack. I lied to her that I wasn’t in the pack. The truth is I was here. I canceled my trip just to stop her from getting away. That time, her father wasn’t in the pack and nothing could stop her.I still vividly remember every word we spoke. I chased her when she was about to cross the border.“Melo, you can’t do this,” I held her hand firmly.“Leave my hand, Xander, or else I don’t know what I will do,” she yelled and I was so scared of her at that moment. Melody isn’t like Sirena. She was brave and never afraid to speak her mind. She never wanted a man, she’s happy with her own company and all men of my age were attracted to her witty charms. She’s brilliant, even now.“Leaving the pack doesn’t change anything,”“Why do you want me to stay here? For your selfish desires, I can’t die. If you’re really in love with me, then come with me. We can travel around the world, settle somewhere far away,”“You know, I can’t do that,” I said,
Xander’s POVI felt something was wrong that night when I left the house. I saw the look in her eyes, it felt like she was hiding something. That wasn’t my Sirena. That reminded me of Melody. Like she knows something about me but she’s waiting for the right moment to escape from me again. The fear inside me keeps my brain on fire. The past often comes in flashbacks before my eyes and I know that I’m not how I portrayed to Sirena. I’m not as good as she thinks. I married her because I wanted to be the Alpha. I deny it to others but that’s the reason I’m here.I loved Melody but that’s not only enough for her to stay with me. It all started like this, a ghost haunting, a terrible future that starts to appear in her dreams, and her obsession with her future becomes erratic.It’s a long story, about how I fell in love with Melody.From my childhood, she was with me. She was there when I lost my mother, she was there when I was lonely, and she was there when I had nothing by my side. She’
Alder’s POVShe looks beautiful, the woman I wished to spend the rest of my life with. She was in front of me but I couldn’t do anything to keep her with me. I don’t deserve her yet I wanted her so badly.My heart aches, and I don’t know what to say to convince her.I want her to understand me and I have this irresistible urge to keep her with me. I even have this thought to abduct her but… that would ruin everything. Once she found out about Xander, she would eventually return to me. I’m the only person she will look for when she needs help. I have to give her that assurance.“How did you speculate that Xander schemed all this? You don't even know us,” she asks me.This is the time to tell the big truth.“I know everything about you and Xander before you even came to my pack,”“You know that I was in a relationship with Xander?”“Yes, I saw you both one time when I sneaked into your pack. From the moment I landed my eyes on you, I knew that you were my mate but before I could come an
“Turn around and ask him,” Killian said.Sirena looked surprised to hear that and she turned to see the man after a long time. It actually feels like ages.“How are you, Sirena?” he asks with a smile on his face. Even though she doesn’t get a chance to meet him often, she hears about him from others. And one such thing she heard recently is that he’s going to get married by the end of this year.She doesn’t feel sad or happy for him. It bothered her a little. She wishes not to meet him again and make herself uncomfortable and confused. She wants to forget him as if he doesn’t exist. However, he finds a way to come after her.If Xander finds out all this, she’s going to be in trouble. She didn’t greet Xander and showed her discomfort on her face.“You’ve put me in trouble,” she said to Killian.“I told you, you’re already in trouble, Sirena,” he reminded her and she looked at Alder wondering whether she should talk to him.“Hi, Alder,” she greeted him.“I’ll meet you later,” Killian tr
Sirena took a step back and she started to get that anxiety again. The sudden doubt had created a havoc in her feelings.“You’re confusing me and this is hard to believe,” she said.“I’m not. I’m putting some sense in you,”“Okay, what else? Are you saying that he tried to kill me?”“Maybe, I don’t know what happened between you and him on the day you vanished?”“Xander wasn’t in the pack when I ran away,”“No, he was here and he knows what happened to you,” he said and Sirena didn’t know what to say. The way it feels unacceptable made her realize how much she trusted Xander.She can’t even think about it that he could’ve lied to her. Maybe that’s why he was so upset when she tried to know the truth. He’s so afraid that I will find out everything.Lulu didn’t ask her to stop nor told her that this all could be a lie. They weren't speculation, they felt like the truth.Understanding that she’s breaking, Killian added more details to his claim.“He married you, clearly with the intentio
After Xander left for the night watch, Sirena got ready to leave, she didn’t tell anything to Xander as she promised him that she wouldn’t do anything to find out about the past. If she told his about this, he would’ve stopped her by his sweet talk. It’s better if she keeps things away from Xander like Lulu said.Surprisingly Lulu asked her to go and meet Killian. Her approval has made Sirena feel less guilty about this.When situations lead to one straight way, then there’s nothing wrong with going on it. She looked around the house, making sure that no one is watching her. There’s this feeling that she’s going to get caught. When she does something with extra caution, it always ends as a blunder. For her safety, she tucked a knife in her sleeves.After meeting Priscilla, she didn’t feel any ghost presence beside her. The house is so silent that she feels like it could almost engulf her.She locked the door behind her and walked towards the southern borders. She took Xander’s shawl f
“Stop kissing me or else I can’t leave you,” Xander complained, sweetly.“Don’t leave me then,”“Are you serious?”“Yes, I’m damn serious,” he smiled and pulls her closer and they fell on the bed. He started to kiss all over her face and she giggled to feel the itch of his mustache and beard.He pauses only when she stops him. She looked into his eyes and she admired him at that moment.“I love you, Xander,”Those words came from the depths of her heart. It’s the only thing on her mind.“I love you more,” he said. She didn’t tell him anything else. She wants this moment to last forever because she doesn’t know whether she’ll feel this way again, and this is more special to her.“Wish I had never met Alder and wasted my time. You should’ve come to me earlier,” he smiles.“You wouldn’t have taken my hand and wouldn’t have agreed to take my hand if all those things didn’t happen. You married me because you had no choice,” he said.Sirena thought for a moment, what he said was the truth.
Xander comes in when she is in her thoughts.“Hey, have you finished?”“Yes, it’s over,” she said and looked at him with a smile on her face.“Good, let’s go and get a cup of coffee,” he said and reached out his hand.She went to grab it with great enthusiasm.“Are you alright?” he asks.“Yes, I am,” she showed him her big smile to convince him. They went to the cafeteria. Not crowded and a few people greeted Xander.They settled down after ordering a cappuccino.“Hey, what’s going on?”“What?” she shrugged as if she had no clue.“I can feel that you’re confused and sad inside. Remember that you’re my mate now,” he reminded her, “I can sense everything that you’re going through,”He held her hand as a moral support and she almost fell for it.She smiled.“Don’t you dare tell him the truth,” Lulu warned her.“It’s just… you know the things that’s happening lately worry me a little. But I’m fine,” she reassured him.“Okay. I’m thinking we must go on a trip next week. Your father will be